RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, March 18 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Arkansas K-12 Robotics Teams Qualify for Worlds Twenty-eight K-12 robotics teams from Arkansas qualified for the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championships during the state championships at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville March 11-15. The advancing teams will compete at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, May 9-14. The ATU robotics team has qualified for the 2025 world  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, March 18 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Foster to Speak About Wildlife Conservation in Arkansas The Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center Author Series will present Dr. Buck Foster for a speaking engagement on Thursday, April 3. Foster will speak at 6 p.m. in room 300 of Pendergraft Library and Technology Center, 305 West Q Street in Russellville. Admission will be free and open to the public. An historian specializing in 19th c  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 17 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 34 States And D.C. From January 2024 To January 2025; 23 States Add Jobs Between December And January Texas and Idaho Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Massachusetts Lag; Utah and Idaho Top Lists of Monthly Gains; Florida and Arkansas Have Worst Losses from December to January Co  more